When Illinois legislators instituted a progressive sports betting tax aimed squarely at market leaders FanDuel and DraftKings ...

FanDuel has responded after Illinois finalized plans to charge sportsbooks for every wager placed in the state ...

Bettors looking to make a wager on FanDuel in Illinois will soon have to pay a 50-cent transaction fee on every online bet ...

Legislators who approved a first-of-its-kind per-wager tax say big gambling corporations like DraftKings can afford another ...

DUBLIN (Reuters) -The United States' largest online betting operator Fanduel will introduce a surcharge on customer bets in ...

FanDuel has announced a 50-cent fee on all Illinois sports bettors which could have major implications on the industry ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WLS) -- Governor JB Pritzker is set to sign the 2026 budget into law Monday morning. State lawmakers passed the record-setting $55 billion plan two weeks ago. It includes ...

When the fiscal year 2026 budget passed a couple of weeks ago, so did an increased tax on sports gambling in the state of ...

The budget sent to Pritzker included a 5% pay raise for state lawmakers, to $98,304. State law sets the pay for legislators ...

The new tax is applied to each wager that a sportsbook accepts — 25 cents per bet for the first 20 million wagers, 50 cents ...

In response to the new per-bet tax introduced by the legislature, the two largest online sportsbooks are charging users a per ...

"Should the state reverse its decision at any point in the future, FanDuel will immediately remove the $0.50 transaction fee, ...